(Pain: To diminish the pain, the staff already has the orders to give you analgesics. Try not to speak in excess, because due to the intervention, sometimes the digestive tract slows down, distending the intestines and causing more pain.)

(Feeding: You must not drink any type of liquids, not even water. You must remain fasting until you are advised that you can drink or eat. Gradually, you will begin the ingestion of clear liquids, and in 24 hours, we can probably change your diet to more solid foods.) Note: Literally it says, "...until that it advises itself to you that you can...." This is an example of the use of the reflexive form of a verb to indicate passive voice.

(Ambulation: It is important that you get up to walk frequently, but you must wait until they tell you when it is time to do it. Depending on the operated area, in the first 24 hours, you could already be walking.)

(Personal hygiene: You can clean yourself and bathe yourself when you can tolerate standing, but you need to avoid that the gauzes become wet. It is recommended that someone help you initially. Later, you will be able to do it without help. The staff will tell you how you must remove the gauzes before bathing yourself, and cover the wound again afterwords.)

(Dressing changes: After the first 24 hours, we can probably remove the initial bandage, and place another. Be attentive. If the bandage fills with blood, or if you observe some other liquid dripping from the wound, notify the staff, since it can suggest some complication.) Note: Literally it says, "it can make to suspect some complication."